The four of them had already learned about this, and when they heard Ma Chao ask, they couldn't help but ponder. After a while, Xun You, who had just joined the gang and was anxious to make meritorious contributions, hugged his fists and said: "Shuzhong is a dangerous place in the world, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is a matter of time before the lord destroys Shu, but now that Guanzhong has just been recovered for less than two years, the population and various constructions are recovering, and it may be difficult to support the huge logistics supply task, so it is really not appropriate to go all out to fight Liu Yan! ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "That's right, Ben General arranged Zhang Liao, Ma Dai, Wang Shuang, Ma Tie and Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army in Guanzhong, with a total of 80,000 troops. First, to guard Wuguan and Dasanguan with heavy troops, second, to prevent the invasion of Qiang, and finally to maintain local law and order, clear out bandits and bandits, more than enough defense, if you want to send troops to Hanzhong, it is insufficient. And Jizhou is facing the threat of Gongsun Zan and Qingzhou Yellow Turban thieves and the Kwantung princes at any time, and has to deploy heavy troops, especially Luoyang! Therefore, Ben will not be afraid of a war with the Kwantung princes, but it is not the time to send troops to Shuzhong! ”

The trial disagreed, and objected: "Although Liu Yan has sheltered a lot of displaced people, Shuzhong is not united, and Nanban is Liu Yan's fatal death hole!" Zhang Lu and Liu Yan are not in agreement, which has a lot to offer! ”

Ma Chao thought for a while and said: "It is imperative to send troops, but you can only bluff, you can't move your own roots, you should make strategic arrangements around this general direction!" ”

Xu Shu's eyes flashed, and he hugged his fists and said: "You have a plan, which can solve the urgent needs of the lord!" ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Yuan Zhi try to say it!" ”

Xu Shu said: "Although it is not appropriate to start a full-scale war with Liu Yan at the moment, we must also give an explanation to the princes of the world, and at the same time, we must not let Liu Yan'an dominate Shuzhong in peace!" In this regard, the lord can use a three-pronged approach, with a small number of troops, he can severely damage Liu Yan, and he can also pocket Hanzhong! ”

"First, the lord can send a wise and brave general with a small number of men and horses to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Hanzhong is the gateway to Shuzhong, and Liu Yan will definitely send troops to rescue him. In this way, the lord can send an envoy into Shu in the name of the Son of Heaven to persuade the Nanban leader that the Nanban has been in turmoil for decades, and he will definitely take the opportunity to send troops against Liu Yan, this is the second! Third, at the junction of Yizhou and Xiliang, Han Sui, the general of the expedition to the west, is the father-in-law of the lord, and the lord can make Han Sui the pastor of Liangzhou, so that he can send troops from Longxi, from Qishan, Yuzhong, Wenshan, Jiangyou, and Luofengpo to take Mianzhu. Liu Yan has only been in Shu for three years, and his foundation is not solid, and the soldiers and horses of the three roads will be able to hit him hard! ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Yuan Zhi's words are very much in line with my wishes!" Even if this plan can't destroy Liu Yan, it can also take Hanzhong, and once the time is ripe, you can use Hanzhong as a base to clean up Liu Yan! What does Gongda think? ”

Xun Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Yuan Zhi's plan is very good, but there is still a lot to be improved!" Yuan Shao's move was just to provoke the contradiction between the lord and Liu Yan in order to gain a chance to breathe! Although Yuanzhi's plan does not hurt the fundamentals of the lord, it cannot achieve the effect of 'opposing the general's army'! At the same time, the lord must summon the princes of the world in the name of the Son of Heaven to let him crusade against Liu Yan from Jingzhou, if it succeeds, it will not be difficult for Liu Yan to be destroyed! If not, the lord can also prepare in advance! ”

Ma Chao stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay, I will immediately ask the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to ask Liu Yan for advice!" As for convincing Nanban, how about leaving it to Yuan Zhi? ”

Xu Shu said: "Dare not take the order!" ”

Ma Chao thought for a while and said: "Yuan Zhi will be able to enter Shu in advance with the edict of the Son of Heaven after a while, and now it is the time of the autumn harvest, it is not suitable to send troops, and the general also needs time to make preparations, and after the marriage of the general, he can send troops to attack Shu after the marriage is completed!"

"Congratulations! Congratulations to my lord! Several people heard that Ma Chao was about to get married, and they congratulated him in unison.

In fact, as early as five years ago, Ma Chao had already married once, and by the way, he also accepted two dowry maids Yang Wan and Dong Xuan, but that time he married a ghost, which cannot be regarded as a big wedding in the real sense. The object of this big wedding is naturally the princess Liu Li, and Mrs. Dong has urged it several times, and Ma Teng and his wife are also anxious.

As Ma Chao, he can get married at the age of fourteen, and many children of the family began to take concubines at the age of eleven or twelve. Ma Chao didn't get married until he turned 16 years old, mainly because his soul was a modern person, and he couldn't accept the ancient people's lifestyle of early marriage and early childbearing.

Five days later, two major news from Luoyang spread out, first of all, Ma Chao personally wrote the text of the Shu Dynasty, which was copied and sent to various states and counties, and the text wrote: Liu Yan of Xishu, originally a relative of the Han family, after Liu Yu, the king of Lugong. However, he does not think of serving the country, does not respect his ancestors, does not worship the temple, and since he received the Yizhou pastoral, he has done a false way to destroy the enemy, colluded with local cults, cut off traffic, and killed Han envoys, and tasted the heart of disobedience!

In the first year of the first peace, Dong thieves troubled the Beijing division, there were 100,000 armored soldiers, and there was no heart of the king of diligence, and his heart could be punished! The Han family is weak, and it is a thief, who does not think about serving the country, and claims to be the emperor in vain, and his crimes are even worse than those of Dong thieves!

The Son of Heaven was angry, and all the people were terrified. Chao was ordered by the first emperor and was a general in the imperial court, so he should take the national society as his own responsibility. Today, under the edict of the Son of Heaven, a million troops are waved to attack Shu, a husband raises his arms, and the heroes respond! All the ministers of the Han family must respond to the edict of the Son of Heaven to send troops to attack Shu! One of his own crimes, crimes and clans, all Liu Yan's henchmen are anti-thieves, and the three clans are punished! Like a law!

As soon as this article was written, the world shook. Liu Yan has been the emperor for half a year, everyone just denounced it, no one sent troops, and they all thought that the matter was over! Ma Chao suddenly made such a play, undoubtedly on the surface of the world, the orthodox court is still there, and I want to be honest with me.

Not only that, Ma Chao also abolished the throne inherited by Liu Yu, King of Lu Gong, and his descendants in the name of the world, and all of them were demoted to commoners, and it was not a good thing to remove Liu Yu, King of Lu Gong, from the genealogy of the Liu family of the Han Dynasty. The rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu was crowned King of Lu.

Liu Yu likes to build palaces and gardens, raise dogs and horses, and in his later years, he loves music, does not like words, and stutters. Liu Yu originally liked to expand the palace, and destroyed the old mansion of Confucius to expand his palace. After dying in the twenty-eighth year of the reign, his son Liu Guang inherited the throne and passed on for six generations, and was destroyed by Wang Mang.

The reactions of the princes in various places were different, Yuan Shao was the most annoyed, originally he wanted to set up another court, but when he saw Ma Chao's move, he immediately put away his thoughts. Because judging from the current situation, once he dares to set up a new monarch, Ma Chao will definitely not hesitate to send troops to fight, Yuzhou is not like Shu, there are natural dangers as a barrier, and the princes everywhere are also unreliable characters.

At the same time, Ma Chao also named Han Sui as the pastor of Liangzhou in the name of the Son of Heaven and led the wait. Han Sui is Ma Teng's sworn brother, and Ma Chao's father-in-law, so it is natural to support Ma Chao in such a relationship. After receiving the edict of the Son of Heaven, he responded to the call of the imperial court on the spot and announced that he would send troops into Shu to crusade against Liu Yan.

The princes everywhere are different, none of them are willing to send troops into Shu, and cooperating with Ma Chao is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, who dares to do this thankless thing? But they did not dare to remain indifferent, and at the same time expressed their willingness to support money and food. Ma Chao didn't dare to press too hard, once the princes of all parts of the country united, their strength was only stronger than him.

Another news is the news that Ma Chao and Princess Liu Li of Wannian got married on the eighteenth day of the first month of the third year of Chuping. The marriage between the two was given by the emperor three years ago, and it has long been known to the world. It stands to reason that Dong Zhuo should salute when he sent Princess Wannian to Yecheng, but Ma Chao did not admit that the court controlled by Dong Zhuo had been delayed until now.

In advance, because Ma Chao married a ghost, the position of the main wife was no longer there, and Princess Wannian married into the Ma family as a flat wife. According to the etiquette at that time, princes and nobles could have three wives and four concubines, and there was no fixed saying about three wives, but people at the time were called three wives with one wife and two equal wives (also known as concubine wives). However, although the flat wife can be on an equal footing with the main wife, the princes have no two concubines, and the same is true for the Son of Heaven, in the final analysis, it is still difficult to change the essence of the concubine.

The four concubines generally refer to the dowry maids brought when marrying a wife, the main wife can bring up to two, and the flat wife can only bring one, adding up to exactly four concubines. This statement is not reliable, but Ma Chao agrees, when he married a ghost wife, Han Sui forced Yang Wan and Dong Xuan to him, and now the princess of Wannian will naturally have a dowry maid when she marries.

But when the Son of Heaven marries a daughter, how can there be only one dowry maid? According to Mrs. Dong's intentions, at least four daughters should be arranged to marry. Because at that time, the maid was not even a concubine, the master ate, she had to stand and serve, if the master was in need, she had to sleep with her, if she was not favored, she could only be regarded as a subordinate, and she had no name when she died.

Ma Chao doesn't want to have people next to him, so he doesn't forget to instill the concept of equality in them every time he gets along with several women. And the women are also quite harmonious with each other, and there are few things that are jealous, and Ma Chao is very proud of this.

But Mrs. Dong arranged for someone he didn't know to marry, Ma Chao couldn't accept it, and the most hateful thing was that Ma Teng and his wife also agreed to this matter, so he didn't even have room for opposition. After all, in this era, it is unfilial piety to violate the orders of parents, and the Han Dynasty governs the country with filial piety, if he, the general, is known as unfilial piety, the world will not laugh at him.

Since he couldn't oppose it, Ma Chao had no choice but to think from the people around him. Now he has Cai Yan, Diao Chan, Du Xiuniang, Yang Wan, Dong Xuan five daughters, Yang Wan and Dong Xuan have already held a wedding ceremony with Ma Chao, but they have not yet rounded up. The rest are Cai Yan, Diao Chan and Du Xiuniang.

But in this way, the problem comes, although Diao Chan is beautiful, her background is the most humble, but she is a family member of Wang Yun's family, and now she is the female official of Diao Chan next to Empress Dowager Dong, and it is the most suitable to be a dowry maid. But Cai Yan can't do it, she is the great Confucian of the world, the daughter of Cai Yong, the court's Sikong Cai Yong, how can she be a dowry maid? Du Xiuniang is the niece of Ding Yuan, who holds Jinwu, and there is already a marriage contract between the two, and for Ding Yuan's sake, it is not easy to wronged her as a dowry maid.

Besides, not everyone can do it, they must be from their mother's family, Cai Yan and Du Xiuniang have nothing to do with the Liu family. However, this little thing naturally couldn't be difficult for Brother Xiaoma, and after thinking about it for a while, he quickly thought of three candidates. (To be continued.) )